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Sentence reduction for Ahmed Abdi in 2009 stabbing death in Fort Morgan

Greeley man asked for, was granted reconsideration

By Jenni Grubbs

Times Staff Writer

Posted:
01/30/2014 09:00:00 PM MST

FORT MORGAN — — Last week, a Greeley man's prison sentence was reduced by four years in the 2009 felony stabbing homicide of his stepsister in Fort Morgan.

Ahmed Abdi, 30, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in 2010 in Morgan County District Court for the stabbing death of Warsen Aden Abdi, 27, on Nov. 3, 2009, in an apartment hallway in Fort Morgan.

He recently appealed that sentence and was granted a hearing in Morgan County District Court for its reconsideration.

Abdi was represented at the Rule 35b hearing by both the Colorado Public Defender's office and an appellate attorney from Denver.

The court found that Abdi was in good standing in prison, with no violations and continued participation in a controlled substance treatment program, according to Assistant District Attorney Hollie Wilkinson.

That and his "past history as a child" led to the sentence reduction, she said.

The court also recommended that Ahmed Abdi complete a domestic violence treatment program.

"They were siblings, but the way the defendant viewed the relationship was different," Wilkinson said of Ahmed Abdi's connection to his stepsister, the victim.

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